Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

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  New Executive Master of Accounting Program

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  The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business is pleased to announce the creation of an Executive Master of Accounting (EMAcc) program scheduled to begin in June, 2016. This graduate program is a pioneering effort in which both the content and delivery are tailored to aspiring financial executives in need of a graduate degree in accounting. Similar to executive MBA programs, this EMAcc program will build upon participants’ experience in the business world by providing course content tailored to this group of individuals. Unlike executive MBA programs, however, all 30 credit hours will be focused toward financial executives with a need for accounting education.

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  New Huntsman Scholar Space

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  Pictures of the new Huntsman Scholar Space

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  Opening of Jon M. Huntsman Hall

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  Dreams do come true. On March 16, 2016, the newest building on the Utah State University campus opened its doors. The Jon M. Huntsman Hall, a 125,000 sq. ft, building, will allow the entire Huntsman School community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to gather in one space. The 21 state-of-the-art classrooms, alongside 21 student meeting rooms, commons areas, café, and outdoor spaces are designed for interaction, collaboration, and teamwork.

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  Pam Dupin-Bryant — Passion For Higher Education

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  In a constantly changing world, where the concept of working in one field, let alone for one employer, for a lifetime, is becoming a rare thing, Dr. Pamela Dupin-Bryant has been a ‘True Blooded Aggie’ for over twenty years. She completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Utah State and has held academic positions at USU since 1994. Dr. Dupin-Bryant attributes this longevity to her passion for teaching young people and for her love of Utah State. This dedication to teaching has brought numerous accolades throughout her career, with the latest the recognition by USU as the 2016 Eldon J. Gardner Teacher of the Year.

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  Prestigious Internship Leads to Full-Time Position

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  The first thing you will notice about Eliza Thacker is that she speaks quickly and concisely. While she is a naturally friendly and enthusiastic person, she honed these communication skills while interning for General Mills in Philadelphia this summer. Thacker stated, “People from the West Coast speak slower and with more patience, I had to learn to speak like an East Coaster.”

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  School of Accountancy Tax Team Takes 2nd Place!

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  The second weekend of November, a team of students from the School of Accountancy competed in Deloitte’s FanTAXtic regional competition in Salt Lake City and received a second place finish right behind UT Austin, the number one accounting school in the nation. The team consisted of two sophomores, Shannan Peel and Ashley Hernandez, two upper division undergraduates, Slater Duncan and Kyle Merrill, and one graduate student/team leader, Derek Droesbeke. Bonnie Villarreal served as advisor to the tax team.

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  Six Seniors to Graduate with Perfect GPAs

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  For six senior students from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, graduating this spring will be their pinnacle experience after years of hard work and dedication. Braiden Coleman, Michael Ryan, Grant Holyoak, Nicholas Murray, Lauren Johnson and Katelyn Miller will all be graduating summa cum laude; the highest honor you can receive for achieving and maintaining a 4.0 GPA while attending school.

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  SOA Faculty Receives National IMA Award

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  Congratulations to Dr. Kari Olsen who was selected by the IMA Research Foundation to receive the 2016 IRF Emerging Scholar for the Competitive Manuscript Award. This award is given annually to a single emerging scholar (or lead author recognition) of management accounting who has received a terminal degree (Ph.D., DBA, Ed.D, JD) within the last seven years. His winning paper submission entitled, “CEO Narcissism and Accounting: A Picture of Profits”, co-authored by Kelsey Dworkis and Mark Young investigates the relationship between narcissistic personality characteristics in CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and financial performance measures of earning-per-share (EPS) and stock valuation. They found that firms with narcissistic CEOs have higher earnings-per-share and share price than those with non-narcissistic CEOs. They examined the mechanism driving the observed results and find that narcissistic CEOs are more likely to increase reported EPS through real and operational activities rather than accrual-based manipulations.

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  The Holy Grail of Information Security?

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  Patent #9391962, “Multi-node Encryption”, is an idea that could potentially upset the entire internet industry. Describing the genesis of his idea, Huntsman Associate Professor Jeff Johnson offered the following analogy, “In the cyber world we have bad guys who are constantly trying to hurt us. Our defense against these bad guys is to build great stone walls that act as a shield. Unfortunately, over time the bad guys obtain machines that can crush stone. Surprisingly, our solution is to simply use more stones in the wall.” So, why then are we building our defenses out of the very source of our enemy’s strength?

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  The Huntsman Experience

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  When Breanne Yamauchi, Business Administration and Marketing, ’18, tore her ACL just a few months before coming to Utah State University, she was crushed. She had always imagined herself balancing college sports with classes. Now that sports weren’t an option, she would have to look elsewhere for activities to define her college experience. This was a pattern that she would see over and over again – when one door closed, another one always opened.

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  Tour the 1st Floor

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  An overview of the Dell Loy & Lynnette Hansen Scholars Pavilion on the 1st floor of the newly constructed Huntsman Hall building. A map of the floor is also included. Additionally photos of the Dell Loy & Lynnette Hansen Scholars Pavilion and the Student Lounge are featured.

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  Tour the 2nd Floor

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  An overview of the Duane & Marci Shaw on the 2nd floor of the newly constructed Huntsman Hall building. A map of the floor is also included. In additions photos of the Duane & Marci Shaw Café, and the Kem & Carolyn Gardner Atrium are featured.

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  Tour the 3rd Floor

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  An overview of the 3rd floor of the newly constructed Huntsman Hall building. A map of the floor is also included, in addition photos of the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Pavilion and the student lounge are featured.

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  Tour the 4th Floor

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  An overview of the L. Tom Perry Community Pavilion on the 4th floor of the newly constructed Huntsman Hall building. A map of the floor is also included.

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  What Are Your Employees Saying About You?

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  In an article published in the Harvard Business Review, Huntsman School Associate Professor Nate Washburn, along with Ben Galvin from BYU, provides some suggestions for leaders to develop powerful and inspirational leadership.

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  Entrepreneurship Week 2015: 10 Year Anniversary: Be an Aggie Entrepreneur

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  Monday April 6th marks the first day of the 10th Anniversary of Entrepreneurship Week at Utah State. It is a week full competitions, activities, and prizes for aspiring entrepreneurs and the USU student body to taste a little of what entrepreneurship is all about. Students will be invited think, create, and start their own ventures throughout the week, while those who have already been hard at work on their start-ups will have opportunities to display and share their businesses with the rest of campus. Entrepreneurship Week is a time to explore your strengths, test your courage, and discover your potential to DO something. Check out the big events and come celebrate Entrepreneurship Week with us as you discover your inner entrepreneur.

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  Becoming Prepared for a Career

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  As a student it can be difficult to know what classes to take or what careers to pursue. I’m happy to say that I have made it through that process and am starting my sales career on Monday with Nalco in Midland, Texas. Although the journey was not easy, it was worth it, and I owe a lot of that to the courses I took at the Huntsman School of Business.

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  Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

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  A journal on innovation in business education is coming to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.

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  Exploring Finance Careers

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  Data analytics and communications skills. That about sums up the advice given by employers to Huntsman School students on the 6th annual NYC Career Exploration Trip in early May. A group of 16 students, led by finance professors Ryan Whitby and Paul Fjeldsted, visited 10 firms over a span of two and a half days to find out firsthand about careers and life in New York City.

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  Faculty Research - Chad Simon

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  During the era when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed, audit committees were given heightened responsibility and faced more stringent requirements. However, according to new research by Huntsman accounting professor ChadSimon and his co-authors (see cite below), Congress and others may have overlooked one potentially important incentive with these updated requirements. The research team found an association between barely achieving or surpassing an analyst forecast benchmark and the stock options audit committee members hold or their annual stock option receipts.

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  Go and Change the World

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  Graduates were challenged to go and change the world at the Huntsman School graduation ceremonies on May 2, 2015. Following the general USU commencement in the morning, the Huntsman School graduated 721 students, including 162 through its China Cooperative Program and a further 207 graduate students. A total of 400 students walked during the ceremony and heard from valedictorian Tanner Boden, commencement speaker Crystal Maggelet, and Dean Douglas Anderson.

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  Huntsman PBL Receives Top Honors

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  Huntsman students Josh Shelhamer, McKell Nelson, Glen Tonge, and Benjamin McCulloch traveled to Chicago this summer to showcase their business talents.

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  Huntsman Scholar Program - Alumni Achievements

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  We are excited to recognize the professional and personal achievements of Huntsman Scholar alumni. Please email Stephanie White any other updates stephanie.white@usu.edu.

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  Huntsman Scholar Program - Alumni Giving

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  We appreciate the generosity of Huntsman Scholar alumni and friends who help keep the program moving forward. This list is in recognition of individuals/companies and their cumulative giving to the Huntsman Scholar Program.

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  Huntsman Scholar Program - Student Spotlights

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  Fall 2014 Scholars in London at Big Ben.